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Eos
Orchestra's Summer Benefit, “Tiffany’s Does Opera!,” at
the home of Jonathan Sheffer and Christopher
Barley in East Hampton
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Dr.
Christopher Barley, Allison Aston, and Jonathan Sheffer
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Carlton
DeWoody, Samantha Rudin, and Chris Striefel
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It was a warm August evening in the Hamptons. Guests
of the Eos Orchestra’s
2004 Summer Benefit enjoyed cocktails on the rolling lawn of one of
East Hampton’s oldest homes, right in the heart of the Village,
and then moved on to the newly renovated 1905 barn, where the audience
was treated to a 30-minute program of fully staged short operas.
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From
Antonio Salieri's brief opera
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The program was
about 30 minutes in length, consisting of three brief operas, each
telling a complete story in only 10 minutes. The operatic
equivalent of passed hors d’oeuvres, if you will. There was one
by Antonio Salieri, a contempory of Mozart,
which describes the flirtation between two women and a man; and there
were two by Eos’s Artistic Director, Jonathan Sheffer: Camera Obscura, which depicts
the problems of poor videophone communication; and Owl Creek Bridge,
a metaphysical Civil War adventure, based on the story Occurrence
at Owl Creek Bridge by American writer Ambrose Bierce.
The Eos Orchestra, now in its 9th season, continues to delight and
dazzle audience in New York, on tour, and on PBS and NPR, where it
appears regularly. Eos is dedicated to presenting new and unusual kinds
of concerts for the widest possible audience, and is doing it to great
acclaim. The New York Times called Eos “an important force in
New York’s musical life”. |
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James
Marcus and Eduardo Braniff
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Suzanne
Slesin and Michael Steinberg
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William
H. Wright II and Maureen Brille
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Michael
Daube, Mario Polumbo, Trent Preszler, and Matthew Kelleher
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Phillip
Wharton, Daniel Hobs, and Ken Selden
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Jonathan
Sheffer and Allison Aston
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Liz
Walker and Emilia Fanjul Pfeifler
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Eos
Staff
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Marcie
Pantzer, Candice Postel, and Allison Aston
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Susan
Penzner
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Rosita
Sarnoff and Beth Sapery
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Allison
Aston and Eduardo Braniff
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Vanessa
Duquesnes
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L.
to r.: Christina and Alan MacDonald; Jay
and Allison Aston, Jordan Pantzer, Marcie Pantzer, Candice
Postel, and Geoff Postel.
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L.
to r.: Jonathan Sheffer and Christopher Barley; Eduardo
Braniff, Jonathan Sheffer, Michael Daube; Beth Rudin DeWoody.
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Ron
Levin and Shelley Fox Aarons MD
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Melissa
Gellman
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Paul
Tsigrikes and Tony Hoyt
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| Photographs by Patrick McMullan/PMc |
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